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Shanahan won three Stanley Cups with Detroit

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11 months ago

May 14, 2023

Bob Duff

Former Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan is being inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

It was a win some, lose some weekend for former Detroit Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan. On the one hand, in his current role as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, he was watching his team’s elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs at the hands of the Florida Panthers.

Then again, it won’t be a year without honors for Shanahan. He’s among the class of 2023 that will be gaining enshrinement into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. A 21-season NHL career saw Shanahan’s selection to eight all-star teams. He was a three-time Stanley Cup winner, all with the Red Wings. These accomplishments previously were earning him induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013.

Today we're spotlighting one of our 2023 inductees: Brendan Shanahan!

Shanahan played for five NHL teams in his 21-year NHL career including the New Jersey Devils (two stints), St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers. pic.twitter.com/iDxLlYwfda

— Ontario Sports HOF (@OntarioSportsHF) May 10, 2023

Shanahan is among nine to be inducted into the Ontario hall. Going in through the team category are the 1959 Bellveille McFarlands, who won the world title for Canada. Among those on the roster of that championship Belleville hockey squad was another prominent ex-Red Wings player, Red Berenson.

The induction ceremony will be held October 26 in Toronto.

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